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This book explores Jung's 1944 Kabbalistic visions, the impact of Jewish mysticism on Jungian psychology, and Jung's archetypal interpretation of Kabbalistic symbolism. In addition, it places Jung's interest in the Jewish mystical tradition against the background of what many have seen to be his anti-Semitism and flirtation with National Socialism. It is the first full-length study of Jung and Jewish mysticism in any language, and the first book to present a comprehensive Jungian/archetypal interpretation of Kabbalistic symbolism. In addition to advancing our understanding of Jung and his work, Kabbalistic Visions provides the foundation for a modern psychological interpretation of the Kabbalah. In the process, Kabbalistic Visions raises some disturbing questions about the place of the irrational, the shadow, and the unconscious in both psychology and mysticism.

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Author:   Sanford Drob
Publisher:   Spring Journal
Imprint:   Spring Journal
Dimensions:   Width: 23.00cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 15.50cm
Weight:   0.554kg
ISBN:  

9781882670864

ISBN 10:   1882670868
Pages:   316
Publication Date:   21 April 2010
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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At last! An in-depth, thoughtful, book bridging the worlds of Kabbalah and Depth Pyschology. Sanford Drob has provided us with a clearly defined understanding of the archetypal patterns linking Kabbalah and the psychology of C.G. Jung (and Freud) - from the world of Alchemy to the amplification of Symbols. Dr. Drob shows he is equally at ease in both worlds- not an easy task- and has provided us with an indispensable new source for appreciating the connection between the world of the Kabbalah and that of Analytical Psychology.ARYEH MAIDENBAUM, PH.D., DIRECTOR, NY CENTER FOR JUNGIAN STUDIESSanford Drob's book is a scholarly and provocative analysis of Jung's lingering shadows, the extent to which Jung's dark and unresolved personal complexes about Judaism affected his psychology. Drob's analysis of Jung's late-life Kabbalistic visions finds Jung to be in the midst of a reparative and transformative process that surprisingly links him to a long line of Jewish mystical thinkers. In this important, far-reaching, and well-researched work, Drob re-visions our understanding of Jung and his psychology, including an analysis of the intimate interplay of the archetypal images shared by alchemy and the Kabbalah. I am certain that its publication will ignite continuing dialogue and debate.STANTON MARLAN, PH.D., JUNGIAN ANALYST, AUTHOR OF THE BLACK SUN: THE ALCHEMY AND ART OF DARKNESS AND EDITOR OF ARCHETYPAL PSYCHOLOGIES: REFLECTIONS IN HONOR OF JAMES HILLMAN

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Sanford L Drob is a core faculty member in the clinical psychology doctoral program of Fielding Graduate University in Santa Barbara. For many years he served as the director of psychological assessment and the senior forensic psychologist at Bellevue Hospital in New York. In addition to numerous publications in clinical, forensic, and philosophical psychology.

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